Interest in meaning and meaning making in the context of stressful life events continues to
grow, but research is hampered by conceptual and methodological limitations. Drawing on …

A developmental-contextual model of couples coping with chronic illness is presented that
views chronic illness as affecting the adjustment of both the patient and the spouse such that …

Kritische Lebensereignisse gehören zum Erfahrungshorizont fast aller Menschen. Es gilt zu
präzisieren, was Ereignisse als kritisch ausweist und welchen Platz sie jeweils im Leben …

Introduction: As their name suggests,'psychedelic'(mind-revealing) compounds are thought
to catalyse processes of psychological insight; however, few satisfactory scales exist to …

This article describes the concept of posttraumatic growth, its conceptual foundations, and
supporting empirical evidence. Posttraumatic growth is the experience of positive change …

The idea that difficult life struggles can lead human beings to change, sometimes in radically
positive ways, is neither recent nor something that was “discovered” by social and …

Cancer may be viewed as a psychosocial transition with the potential for positive and
negative outcomes. This cross-sectional study (a) compared breast cancer (BC) …

The following stories deal with thoughts and feelings about the self, and they illustrate
dilemmas about whether to reveal highly personal information about oneself to significant …

Objective Systematic reviews highlight a broad range of cancer‐related post‐traumatic
stress disorder (CR‐PTSD) prevalence estimates in cancer survivors. This meta‐analysis …

Cancer diagnosis and treatments can profoundly and, sometimes, irrevocably alter people's
lives. Cancer treatments are invasive, painful, and often create long-term negative side …